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course operations. In October, the committee voted by a majority of four to three to ask the <br />Council to sunset the committee. The final October meeting minutes were submitted as <br />unapproved because their final meeting in November lacked a quorum. <br />Mr. Crow moved to sunset the commission and was seconded by Mr. Price. <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS <br />William Field, 7152 Kingsbury <br />Mr. Field said it was regrettable the committee recommended to the City Council to be <br />dissolved is regrettable. The majority was so presumptuous that the committee did not feel <br />the Council cared about what was happening at the golf course despite the wording of the <br />resolution. He stated that because of all the controversy and questions on the driving range <br />the authors of this resolution felt the Council should be kept better informed about the <br />operation of the golf course. Mr. Field said the committee was to be that operation linked <br />and he felt it was difficult to believe that the Council thought that link was only to last about a <br />year. He thought the Council should get new members if the majority of the commission <br />were so align with the attitude of the Park Director and Administration and are not willing to <br />fill the stated objective of the resolution. Mr. Field said how regrettable it would be for the <br />Council to deny itself of a means to provide an open and transparent view of the Golf <br />Course operation. <br />Stefany Brot, 8145 Cornell Ct. <br />Ms. Brot stated that she was selected as the secretary of the Golf Advisory Commission and <br />presented a copy of the minutes for every meeting to the Council. She said the Council felt <br />that the objectives given to the committee had been met and the majority vote was that they <br />had met the goals and was an ad-hoc committee and should be sunset. Ms. Brot said there <br />were many disagreements. She said they were proud that the Council voted six to one for <br />the driving range. Ms. Brot said they listened to neighbors and made many modifications as <br />LED lights, tree protection, and the City to receive the profit instead of the pro. Ms Brot said <br />she is proud to say the driving range is a success after several years of the golf course <br />losing money. <br />Mr. Sharpe asked Ms. Brot what the vote was by the committee to sunset. Ms. Brot said it <br />was four in favor to three against. <br />Ms. Ricci wanted to be clear that a vote was four to three and there was not an issue of not <br />having a quorum. Ms. Brot stated the only issue of approval was the last set of minutes did <br />not have a quorum for approval. Ms. Ricci said she liked the citizen participation and if you <br />retire from this committee to please stay active in another. She felt if the remaining three <br />were still interested, the Council could draft a new mission and get some more involvement <br />as citizen involvement is what it is all about and they could continue on with a new set of <br />goals. <br />Mr. Wagner ask for clarification that the goal of setting the committee was to bring the <br />accounting of the operation into this building and to have available accurate and correctly <br />separated out the driving range and the golf course totals.He asked Mr. Field and Ms. Brot <br />if that goal had been met. Ms. Brot said that Mr. Field and she would never agree and that <br />is okay in our country but the majority felt that their goal had been met. Ms. Brot stated they <br />also had worked with the neighbors’ concerns. Mr. Field did not feel the goals were met as <br />they were to keep the Council informed as to what was going on both financially and <br /> 15 <br /> <br />